Author Archives: Alexander Szewczak

New Horizons has communicated with mission control

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

All systems normal after flying within 7800 miles of Pluto; first images to be released tomorrow afternoon.  New Horizons is about three billion miles away from earth, and it took nine and a half years to get there (even radio … Continue reading →

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Pluto, July 11

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

This image is the last look at Pluto’s Charon-facing hemisphere. with some intriguing hints of features that may be impact craters and ridges.  Unfortunately, there won’t be any higher resolution images collected.  As it passes Pluto on Tuesday, New Horizons … Continue reading →

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Rise in cloud computing starts to cut revenue for IT outsourcing companies

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

Sean McLain, writing in the Wall Street Journal, describes how the shift to cloud computing is dramatically reducing the number of IT support staff needed to maintain and customize servers and software, and the result is a big drop in hiring of outsourced … Continue reading →

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Pluto, July 8

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

(from NASA and JHAPL’s latest update)

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Seven days until New Horizons reaches Pluto

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

  Alien base.  That’s my prediction.  Stay tuned.

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Sigh of relief: Cargo mission launches successfully toward ISS

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

Leading up to yesterday, the two most recent (and three of the last seven) missions to the International Space Station had failed.  Needless to say, concerns were building about the ability to keep the ISS supplied.  Fortunately, Friday’s launch of a Progress cargo … Continue reading →

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Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Fails

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

 Today’s launch of a Dragon cargo capsule full of supplies for the International Space Station did not go well.  The Falcon 9 rocket exploded shortly before second stage ignition.  Video clip here. This was the first Falcon 9 failure after … Continue reading →

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Biopharmaceutical Innovation Hubs and the Future of Work

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

Innovation hubs such as metro Boston are all the rage.  Urban living is back in style, face-to-face communication trounces teleconferences, and innovation-starved pharma companies are looking to academic centers for new targets and new enabling technologies.  Academic institutions in turn are looking … Continue reading →

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Bristol Meyers Squibb Joins the R&D Hub Consolidation in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Alexander Szewczak

BMS has just announced that it will be closing its Wallingford, Connecticut facility and relocating much of R&D to Cambridge MA.  Derek Lowe has some coverage.

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